Monument to Captain Cook Approximately 70 Metres to North of the Vache is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1958. Monument.
Monument to Captain Cook Approximately 70 Metres to North of the Vache
- WRENN ID
- vacant-wattle-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1958
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 996 948
- Coordinates
- 51.64343, -0.56188
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument to Captain Cook, dating from around 1780, is located approximately 70 metres north of The Vache in Chalfont St Giles. This structure features a circular miniature moat surrounding a mound, on which stands an open two-storey tower made of flint rubble with red brick dressings. The tower has an open arcade with one round-headed arch on each side and is topped with a battlemented parapet. Inside, there is a square stone pedestal that is inscribed with an extensive eulogium of Captain Cook and supports a globe. A staircase leads to the flat roof. The monument was erected by Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, a friend of Cook, who was a frequent guest at The Vache.
Local climate
Monument to Captain Cook Approximately 70 Metres to North of the Vache sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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